Improvement in cider-mills



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JAMES K. I. SMITH, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND L. S. SHULER, 0F SAME PLACE.

Leners Pennino. 108,645, aated'october 25, 1870.

IMPRCVEMENT IN ClDER-.MILLS.

The Schedule' referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES K. P. SMITH, of J effcrsonville, in the county of' Clarke and State of In; diana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cider-Mills; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specication.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in mills for grindingapples in the process of making cider, which mill may be used for vcrushing or grinding other fruits or substances preparatory to expressing the juice therefrom; and

The invention consistsin the construction and ar rangement of parts, asv hereinafter more fully described.

Inthe accompanying drawing- 'Iigure l represents a vertical section of the mill taken on the line x :c of fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a sectional plan view, the sectional portion being on the line yly of fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the hopper or shell, which is provided with four (more or less) inclined wings, B, on its inner side, and a series of knives, C, as seen inthe drawing.

D is the cone cylinder, which is made to revolve on a vertical shaft within the hopper, provided with a series of knives, E, and cogs or lugs E.

-The middle portion of the shell is provided with cogs or lugs G.

The cylinder may have knives which will interlock with knives on the shell, if desired.

H is a section of the cylinder at the base oi' the cone, which is serrated or cogged, the angleof which varies from the face of the cylinder, opposite to which the shell is made, to correspond therewith, as seen in the drawing. v

Be neath this section H the cylinder H is vertical in position, and iiutedv or serrated.

I is a vbottom plate at the base of the shell beneath the cylinder A.

J is a cylinder'attached to the vertical shaft K, which is iiuted o r serrated, and revolves with the lower portion of the cylinder A, and serves as a carrier to convey the pulp from the mill, anddeliver -it onto' the platform L.

M is the shaft of the main cylinder D, which is sup ported at its bottom end by the bridge-tree N, and at the top by the cross-tree O, both of which trees are attached to the shell -A.

The main shaft is revolved by means of a pair of bevel-gears, P, which are actuated from a horizontal shaft, q, which is driven by the spur-wheel and pinion R S, the former of which is-on the driving-shaft ofthe -mill T is a fly-wheel ou the outer end 'of the-shaft q. y U is the frame, by which the apparatus above described ,is supported.

The carrier-cylinder J is' revolved by means of the sp'nr gear-wheel V on the main cylinder-shaft M, and the pinion on the shaft K.

ated by a crank, x, ou the driving-shaft, but itmay be driven-by a belt, or in any convenient manner.

'Y represents a screw-press, supported by the frame U, and operated by the hand-wheel Z.

For making cider and wine, and for all sinriiarpurposes, this apparatus will be found of the greatest advantage. l

The mill may be made of any required size-,itc adapt it to either hand or other motive power; but

for farmers and fruit-growers use.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new ,and desire to secure by Leiters Patent- 1. The combination of the `hopper or shell A, the cylinder D, with the sections H and H', and the carrier-cylinder J, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

2. In combination with the hopper A, the inclined wings B, constructed as described, for guiding the fruit downward as the cylinder is revolved, substan tially as described.

JAMES K. jl). SMITH. Witnesses J. IERDUE, ISAAC BRINKWORTH.

In this example of my invention `the mill is actn.

it is more especially intended fora portable hand-mill 

